ELL
On September 9, a half a week into the school year the class was observed. the teacher gave over a little bit of background information about the different students in the class. It could’ve been hard to find which one was the new, American immigrant had she not had a dark, middle eastern complexion. She looked comfortable in her place and although vocabulary words were being taught she was not being singled out. When discussing this point with the special educator she said “I teach the words for Rachel to understand the topic that will be discussed, but I do not want her to feel out of place”. As the year went on during literature lessons the teacher would teach vocabulary words to her as they come up in the lesson. Sometimes she is given cards with the words and sometimes it is given over orally. During the observation there was writing time. The class is up to filling out four squares about a given topic. On the Monday, November 4 the students wrote about different foods. The ...